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I agree with catlad. Concrete tiles have a lifespan of about 50 years. Sure there are plenty around of that age or older, and they'll probably be fine for a while yet as long as you don't touch them. However, as an example, my parents' new bungalow was done in Marleys in 1977 and still looks...

Only zones set as FINAL should start the countdown timer, other zones should be set to (for example) INTRUDER, thus setting the alarm off immediately if triggered.

It might be worth buying a cheap oven temp thermometer like this and check it for yourself. I bought one for our range cooker on which the non-fan oven seemed too hot. It turned out that it's 50 degrees out on the control but works perfectly fine, ie set it at 120 to cook at 170 etc. (I've...

Isn't the carpet fitter liable for any damage he causes while at work?

Bare in mind speed limits are lower for vans, but not for car derived vans like a Caddy. You're legally restricted to 60mph on dual carriageways and 50mph on A-roads with a Transit. Link

I didn't realise that. I thought it was the power going through the CU which was 'capped'. So I might as well have let the guy use the spare way on my CU for adding the car charger? (My CU is rated at 100A, as you guessed [Crabtree Starbreaker]).

I'm not a sparky but had a car charging point installed under a grant system in Scotland a few years ago (free). As I understand it, the main consumer unit can only handle a certain amount of current. For example I believe that we shouldn't install a second electric shower in our houses since...

That looks like aluminium edge trim to me, like this (but a slightly different shape). As can be seen in the diagram, it's nailed/screwed down from the top before the felt is torched on top of it. You could probably prise it up enough to clear the fascia but I don't fancy your chances of...

Garden spade as datarebal says. Do it when cold, the bitumen is more brittle and will unstick from the wood much easier. Try to get the flat of the spade under the felt, rather than just using an edge, and push down on the handle such that the toe of the spade lifts a large area of the felt at...

I reckon Delmel is correct, what you have is one of these The glass cover comes off easily once you get the two parts separated.

Mothers 3 bed bungalow is all electric, heated by oil filled rads and an old school electric bar fire. It goes through about 13500-14500kwh per year.

Check out Nilfisk pressure washers. AFAIK they used to be industrial only but branched into domestic a while ago. They seem to get good reviews. Ours is a fairly basic one but has worked great for a couple of years, and has bags more oomph than next door's (new) basic Karcher. It came with...

In your middle pic, it looks like the black and white wires at the left could be for the light, and the one next to them with the yellow stripe could be the thermostat. The middle wires are probably feeding the oven element. Notice the orange and yellow wires also go to something at the bottom...

I think that if you buy your home cheap then sell for more within a year it's still liable for tax, but I'm not certain. I also forgot about the essential home report in my costs earlier - add maybe £400 or a bit more to your costs for that. And you'd need insurance which might be expensive if...

The cash really mounts up. Stamp duty on second home is 3% so would be about £3k, say maybe £10k on renovations, assuming you're doing quite a lot yourself, probably at least £1k in lawyers fees to buy, another £1k to sell, plus estate agents selling fees of another £2k, plus interest on your...

Yes but don't heat it too much. BTW I once torched an overlay onto a roof for a cheapskate guy - the green mineral was type 1E, ie not torch on stuff. It worked ok but, again, I had to be careful not to heat too much.

I installed our G2 about 7 years ago and have had no problems with it.

I've had our Stoves Farmstyle 1100 Dual fuel range cooker (Model number 054564145) in pieces a few times. Our grill went on the blink but it was the switch, not the element (so perhaps check yours first). I can't remember exactly how it came out but I think I needed access to the rear for the...

As per crank39's advice, our IG Doors steel faced composite door is factory fitted into a wooden frame.

We also had a successful dash solder job done on a 2006 Focus, here's the thread I created at the time if you want a read... https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/ford-focus-acceleration-reduced-on-dash-eac-fault.439502/